The city of Wilmington’s adopted budget for this fiscal year included a minimum 1.5 percent raise for all workers, said Dylan Lee, a city spokesman. The fiscal year began on July 1.

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Lee said the 1.5 percent increases also applied to the city manager, city attorney and city clerk – three positions that are evaluated separately by the city council because the council hires them.

The city council has been conducting annual evaluations of the three positions and recently met in closed session to discuss evaluations. Councilman Earl Sheridan, the chairman of the evaluations committee, has said any salary changes will likely be considered at council’s Aug. 5 meeting.

In the meantime, here are the new salaries for the city manager, attorney and clerk after the 1.5 percent raises, which went into effect on Jule 14 (former salaries in parenthesis):

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